Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that the British government must stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia to help bring an end to the brutal war in Yemen.
Speaking at a vigil for those affected by the Saudi aggression against the impoverished nation, Corbyn said on Sunday evening that a Labour government would go to the United Nations a day after taking charge of the office to present a resolution to end the bloody conflict.
He called the humanitarian disaster in Yemen “a human-made condition,” which was brought about by “the bombardment of the people of Yemen by Saudi forces and, I’m sad to say, some of those weapons are provided by Britain.”
“A child dying of cholera, people being killed in schools, people being killed at wedding parties, that is abominable and unnecessary and utterly wrong in the 21st century,” he added.
The veteran politician said that the United Nations had been established to bring wars to “a…